Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

"Theoretically speaking, there is no difference; it's just that the latter sounds better."

Ye Yuchan: "..."

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6. Melee combat, of course!

The backyard of a traditional courtyard house.

Speaking of the backyard of a courtyard house, it is truly a magical place.

This place not only served as an indoor basketball court for disciples to cultivate their control over spiritual energy, but also as a place for various leisure and entertainment activities. Yunping would occasionally choose to sunbathe and eat snacks in the backyard, and when the mood struck him, he would take out a pool table from his storage ring to pass the time.

There were also ping-pong balls, bowling balls... and a large sandy area—for playing beach volleyball.

Of course, there are also legitimate venues.

For example, the current martial arts arena.

It was a contraption modeled after the modern fighting arena in Yunping's world. Its shape was similar to that of an ordinary fighting arena, square and rectangular, with elastic ropes surrounding it.

However, the fighting arena beneath Yunping's feet was much larger, almost three times the size of a typical fighting arena.

The arena was not surrounded by spectator stands, but by rings of purple, circular suspended objects, upon which large amounts of spiritual energy and spells swirled.

Inside the venue—

"Lower your body a little more. When you launch an attack, you must lower your center of gravity slightly. Standing upright is not conducive to dodging, and it is even less conducive to you quickly starting a surprise attack."

Yunping's steps were as clean and swift as a razor. As he stepped forward sideways, the muscles in his right arm bulged, and his fist, following the turn of his body, smashed towards Ye Yuchan's forehead.

This strike was devoid of any spiritual energy fluctuations, and Yun Ping himself deliberately reduced the force, making this punch only at the level of an ordinary male's strike.

Ye Yuchan was panting heavily, drenched in sweat. She seemed to want to react to the approaching fist, but even though she tried to dodge, she was still no match for Yun Ping's fist.

next moment.

The fist stopped at the tip of Ye Yuchan's nose, without advancing any further.

"You seem tired. Take a ten-minute rest first, and we'll continue teaching later."

Yunping looked at the silver-haired girl whose bangs were wet with sweat and slowly withdrew his fist.

Ye Yuchan breathed a sigh of relief upon finally receiving the order to rest. She plopped down on the cold floor, took out the water bottle she had placed in her storage ring, and gulped it down.

tons tons tons...

The girl's throat bobbed up and down as the cool mountain spring water entered her body.

"Haa~" Feeling incredibly refreshed, Ye Yuchan wiped her wet lips and innocently looked up at Yun Ping. "I said, I asked you to teach me archery, why are you teaching me martial arts...?"

"Is there a conflict between these two things?" Yunping didn't think there was anything wrong with his approach.

"Of course there is!" Ye Yuchan stood up from the ground, still panting heavily. "This...this, I'm an archer, right? The kind of person who stands at a distance and attacks stealthily, right? Why did I have to learn melee combat..."

"Isn't the archer's greatest strength in melee combat?"

"Where did this kind of setting come from?!"

"No, no, no, that's just you being immature."

Yunping waved his hand dismissively at Ye Yuchan's complaints.

"You need to understand, Xiaoyuchan, archers are indeed ranged attackers, but think about it, if when you're fighting someone, and they completely understand your archery skills, know the angles of your shots and the characteristics of your archery techniques, then you'll lose the thing you rely on most, won't you?"

"To take it a step further, even if you did inflict considerable damage on the enemy from a distance, what if they desperately try to break your bow, or prevent you from ever drawing it again? What are you going to do? Stand there and wait to die?"

"This is when close combat is needed. Sometimes you can even go up and smash the opponent's head with your bow, making them feel surprised and like, 'Wow, this archer is so reckless!' Who knows, in their surprise, they might reveal an opening, and you can raise your hand and hit them with a club... no, I mean, raise your hand and hit them with your bow, and they'll be off to heaven to contemplate life."

……

As Ye Yuchan listened, she felt as if she had been tricked. Although she still felt that Yunping's words were somewhat nonsense, she had to admit that there might be some real substance in them.

In fact, Yun Ping didn't really trick Ye Yuchan. From ancient times, every great cultivator who proved his Dao with a bow was a master of close combat. If we only talk about close combat skills, even some saints who relied on strength might not be able to beat these cheat-level characters.

It's no exaggeration to say that archers have always been skilled in close combat.

Yunping still remembers witnessing a unit when he was in the Void Transformation stage. It was a unit composed entirely of archers, each of whom was only at the peak of the Transformation stage.

However—when facing an army of 20,000 with only 5,000 men, their first choice was to wear them down from a distance. Once they were nearly exhausted, they would take their bows and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

You know what, these guys' fighting skills were monstrous, and they made the 20,000 elite troops suffer greatly. In the end, less than 2,000 troops retreated, and they were basically wiped out.

Unfortunately, the success of that army cannot be replicated. Since then, there has never been a saint who proved his Tao with a bow, nor has there ever been an army that used a bow so well. As a result, the bow-shaped magical weapon has fallen into disrepair to this day.

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes had passed.

Yunping gestured to Ye Yuchan, indicating that her break time was over. The latter immediately looked utterly dejected, reluctantly putting down the water bottle in her hand and straightening her posture.

—In the hour that followed, Ye Yuchan was beaten quite badly.

Yun Ping's attack was actually quite gentle, but this was Ye Yuchan's first time training in combat skills, and she was somewhat unaccustomed to it. That's why Yun Ping knocked her down on the table, where she couldn't move at all.

Lying on the ground, Ye Yuchan greedily breathed in the fresh air while recovering her strength, all the while cursing Yun Ping in her heart for not knowing how to cherish a woman—who knows if that fist would really hit her in the face.

"Alright, let's wrap this up for today. Let's review the key points a bit, and then get some rest tonight. Maybe take a medicinal bath. I remember I put some muscle-relaxing herbs in your room; just grind them up and put them in hot water."

Without showing any mercy, Yun Ping looked at Ye Yuchan lying on the ground, drenched in sweat, her face flushed and panting heavily, and shook his hand.

—Suddenly I wonder if I should sit on the edge of the fighting arena and have a smoke afterwards?

Keke, get back to business.

Looking at Ye Yuchan like this, Yunping suddenly had some ideas.

This idea is not a physiological one, but rather a reflection on the upcoming trip to the Arctic Palace.

The land of the Far Eastern Snowfield is quite different from theirs. It's a bit chaotic there and is also quite vulnerable to monsters. Going to the Far Eastern Snowfield would be a good experience.

So he stopped leaving and turned back to Ye Yuchan's side.

"Little Rain Cicada, I have a question for you."

"W-what is it... Let me make this clear first, I won't let you peek at me while I'm showering."

Can't you be serious for once?

This time, it was Yunping's turn to say those words to Ye Yuchan.

It felt pretty cool to switch roles.

"Okay... then you can say it." Ye Yuchan was straightforward, but it made sense; she was so exhausted that she barely had the strength to speak, and she felt completely drained. "What's the matter now?"

"you……"

Yunping looked at Ye Yuchan's flushed profile and asked softly.

"Would you like to come with me to the Northern Ice Palace... for shaved ice?"

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7. Zhang Ruoxue's new Taoist robe

After some consideration and hesitation, Yunping finally decided to take Ye Yuchan, Zhang Ruoxue, and Lin Yuan to the Far East Snowfield to visit the Northern Ice Palace.

Yuan'er must accompany him, because she is the absolute protagonist of this trip to the Northern Ice Palace. The only clue about double pupils points to the Silver Cold Snow Ice hidden deep in the Northern Ice Palace. They must find it and find out about the changes in the physique of those with double pupils.

As for Ye Yuchan, Yun Ping planned to treat this journey as a training exercise. Various sects would regularly hold training activities where teachers would lead their disciples to disaster-stricken areas overrun by magical beasts to exorcise them. This trip to the Northern Ice Palace could be considered a training exercise.

In addition, Ye Yuchan is such a coward. She's fine fighting monsters, but if she really fights other cultivators, I don't know how cowardly she'll be.

Yunping couldn't stand his apprentice being a coward, so he had to find some opportunities to motivate the girl.

Speaking of Ye Yuchan, Yunping recalled her Little Thunder Body.

Originally, he planned to wait a few days until Ye Yuchan's Little Heavenly Thunder Body had a greater need for thunder elements, then go to the Thunder Feather Sect to see his old friend underground and ask him for a few pills.

However, just a few days ago I beat Lei Yuzong to a pulp. If I go and ask him for things now, wouldn't that be no different from taking advantage of someone's misfortune?

Yunping also had his pride—in the end, he decided to wait until after the trip to the Northern Ice Palace and the turmoil in Jinglin City had passed before secretly making a trip to the Thunder Feather Sect.

Besides Ye Yuchan and Lin Yuan, Yunping also brought along a newcomer.

"Huh? I want to go too?"

Looking at herself in the mirror, Zhang Ruoxue felt a little strange and tugged at the hem of her black skirt, while also pulling at the black stockings that barely covered her calves and went past her knees.

Yunping looked at Zhang Ruoxue's clothes with satisfaction and nodded slightly. "Well, it's not very safe to leave you alone in the courtyard, so it's better to take you with me."

“But I don’t have any cultivation techniques right now…and my cultivation level is also…” Zhang Ruoxue looked at her bare forearms with a slight sense of unease. It was the first time she had worn short-sleeved clothing, and she felt a little ashamed.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Besides, the nights are longer in the Far East Snowfield. From that perspective, it's very suitable for cultivating the 'Silent Moon' technique."

"Is that so? Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing."

"Oh right." Yunping stepped forward and took out a black object from his storage ring. "I almost forgot about this."

"what is this?"

"It's an accessory that matches the outfit; it's a necessary decoration."

“But why…” Zhang Ruoxue touched the black lace-trimmed headband on her head, and the fluffy little things on the upper sides, “it always feels a bit like animal ears.”

Yunping chuckled, "It's just similar, oh, and it would be better if the collar were turned up."

As he spoke, Yunping walked up to Zhang Ruoxue, flipped up her collar to reveal the blue stripes underneath, and then helped her tighten the small red tie at her chest.

After he finished, he took a step back and smiled with great satisfaction.

Perfect, absolutely perfect!

But that's not enough, yes, that's not enough.